Tasmanian Times
National
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800The Angry Summer
Australia has endured another “angry summer” with more than 150 temperature records smashed, according to a new report. Among the records broken,...
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Tasmanian elections: historical concerns match contemporary anxieties
My own ancestor was deported to Tasmania for stealing manure – an extraordinary notion which made me reflect on the dilemmas facing...
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Fishing authorities say super trawler ‘Abel Tasman’ banned from Australia can fish in Irish waters
Fishing authorities have moved to ease fears over the presence of the world’s second largest trawler in Irish waters — the same...
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Hobart … and architectural masterpieces
I read with some misgivings Kerry Johnstone’s January 31st Letter to the (Mercury) Editor, in which he lobbied for a “magnificent building,...
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The letter from Erich
On Thursday the 6th of March the above undated letter arrived at the Chudleigh store from the Tasmanian Liberal Senator Erich Abetz....
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Tasmania’s NBN tangle is a shocking mess
analysis The ongoing stoush over how the Coalition’s Broadband Network should be deployed in Tasmania shows Australia’s broadband tangle at its worst:...
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How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations
A page from a GCHQ top secret document prepared by its secretive JTRIG unit One of the many pressing stories that remains...
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This mantra is seriously delusional …
The most compelling thing about the Liberals’ fiscal strategy just released is that it may signify the dawn of a new era...
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Spring Bay Mill chips in for innovative technology investment
AUSTRALIA – 6 March 2014: Following the re-zoning of the former wood chip site by the Glamorgan Spring Bay Council, entrepreneur and...
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Keeping power at home
The Tasmanian Greens today released their energy policy initiative to keep power at home. “Keeping power in Tasmania is of more economic...
